Bayern Munich have four stars on their kit as a result of winning more than 20 Bundesliga titles

Even some national sides have stars on their shirt, with England having one, Germany having four and Brazil a staggering five.

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Football Associations in their respective countries abide mostly by different rules, with the Premier League not adopting a system to allow clubs to wear stars on their shirt.

Here’s everything you need to know.

Why do football clubs wear stars on their shirts?

In most cases, a country’s governing body will grant teams the right to wear stars for winning a certain number of league titles.

For example in Holland, Italy, Sweden and Norway, football clubs will don a star if they have won 10 championships.

Ajax, who would have 33 national titles therefore wear three stars.

However the Bundesliga have a different rule, one star will be added for three league championships, two for five titles, three for ten, and Bayern have four stars because they have won more than 20 times.

Rangers in Scotland have five stars for winning the Scottish league more than 50 times, while Celtic have donned just one star for winning in the 1967 European Cup.

Nottingham Forest have two stars on their kit as a result of winning back-to-back European Cup’s

Why do national teams have stars?

If a country has a star on the kit, it usually signifies that they have won a World Cup.

However if you see a country that has a star and they haven’t won the world’s most prestigious tournament, they would have either won the African Cup of Nations, the Olympics (Uruguay have four – having won the World Cup and Olympics twice) or the Asian Cup.